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Letters Patent No. 7 3,130, dated January 7, 1868.

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SHIRES, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, vOhio, have invented a new and useful Garbage Vessel; and I hereby declare the following to be `a full, clear', and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

`The object of my invention is to provide a. tire-proof and indestructible receptacle, of a portable character, forthe ashes and other daily refuse of astore, shop, or dwelling. In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an elevation, partially in section, of a garbage-vessel embodying my improvements, the section being taken at the line :z: a: of fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a'horizontal section through the same.

The body of my garbage-vessel consists of a sheet-metal cylinder, A, of any desired dimensions or material, and the sides of this cylinder are sti'ened on their outside by means of a series of wooden staves or ribs, B, while its bottom, also of sheet metal, is protected by a wooden disk or base, C, of corresponding diameter, underneath it. The staves B extend frou1 the top of cylinder A. to the bottom of the base, C, and are secured to the outside of the cylinder by means ofbolts or rivetsD D', and to the base by means of nails cl, which, pass. ing through the staves, near their lower ends, enter the periphery` of therbasc. Previous to 'attaching the wooden base, its upper surface and the lower surface of the metal bottom are well coated with tar or paint, to prevent decay and rust. Only two rowswoi' rivets are shown in the drawings, but it is evident that a greater number may be employed should `the length of the vessel demand it.

In order to enable the Vessel to be carried about and emptied with facility, I provide it with three handles E E F, of which the handles E E are placed near the top, and diametrically opposite each other, while the other one, F, is near the bottom, and located midway between the other two. These handles are attached to .the vessel by rivets G, which also assist in securing the stares to the body. The vessel may be provided with -arcap orfco'ver, H, of the represented,pitched or conical form, with a handle, I, and a small ventage, t, for gas or vapor. l

The body ofthe vessel being of sheet metal, may receive red-hot coals or cinders without injury, and the staves around the outside and the wooden base impart stiitness tothe vessel, and prevent it'being indented and otherwise injured by the rough handling incident to its daily use in emptying over the sides of the cart and I have described my vessel in its most preferred form, and one which practice has proven tobe convenient anddurable, but it is evident that thc shape of the vessel -may be altered without departing from the principle of the invention; as, for example, the body may have a rectangular, octagonal, or other horizontal section, and may taper upward or downward. A at or"other formed cover, with hinge or hinges, may be substituted for the detached pitch cover here represented.

It is my intention to' attach a portable ash-sitter, in form similar to the steamer of a pot or boiler, the

same cover tting both vessel and sifter, the sifting-mechanism being inside of the uppervessel; but as I pur pose making the same the subject of a distinct patent, a further description here is deemed unnecessary.

I claim herein as new and of my inventionv A garbage-vessel, consisting of the sheet-metal body A, wooden staves B, and base, C, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony ofwhich invention I hereunto set my hand. p

' WM.` SHIRES.

Witnesses:

Gno. H. KNIGHT, JAMES H. LAYMAN. 

